Ohio Code § 1533.431

§ 1533.431.

Except as otherwise provided by division rule, every person using trap or fyke nets

in taking fish in the Lake Erie fishing district, each fishing year, shall number

each net starting with numerical one and continuing in consecutive order as high as

the number of nets licensed by the person in that fishing year.  No person shall use the same number more than once.  The numbers shall be placed and kept upon the orange uphaul buoy attached to each

net.  The number shall be at least two inches high and maintained in legible condition

at all times.  If at any time an uphaul buoy is intentionally or accidentally detached from a net

while it is in the water, the same buoy, or if the original one is lost another buoy

with the required information placed upon it, immediately shall be attached to the

net. Except as otherwise provided by division rule, every person using trap or fyke nets

to take fish in the Lake Erie fishing district shall notify the division of wildlife

in writing of the location, date, and numerical number of each net placed in or removed

from such waters.  The notification shall show by grid number, taken from the grid chart furnished

by the division, the location of the net at the time of its removal or placement.  The written notification shall be mailed in time for the postmark to show a date

of no later than the day after the day in which the net is removed or placed. No person shall fail to comply with any provision of this section or division rule

adopted pursuant to it.